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Welcome to your twice-weekly look at how generative AI is transforming the way we live, work and play plus the latest news and analysis.

When an AI chatbot comes up with a response that is pretty good but not exactly what you wanted, do you ask it for something better? A new academic paper says that if not enough people do, the content we produce as a society—writing, images, coding and more—may become increasingly homogenized and biased.

Apple has revealed more about its new AI-enabled iPads and says it took inspiration from The Beatles' last song, Now and Then, to allow artists to split tracks that have previously been locked on the one recording, like a voice memo.

But the tech titan has been accused of being tone deaf in its advertisement to promote the new iPad. The short video shows traditional symbols of artistry - musical instruments, sculptures, books and cameras - being explosively crushed between metal plates to reveal a super-thin iPad. Hardware boss John Ternus said it was mean to show that Apple is not only pushing the limits of iPad but crushing them. 

However, actor Hugh Grant has led the chorus of criticism, saying: “The destruction of the human experience. Courtesy of Silicon Valley.”

Let me know what you think — lynchj@theaustralian.com.au